1. CAPRIMTJLGTJS. 577 



Lyncornis borneensis, G. R. Gray, Iland-l. i. p. C2 (18G9). 

 Caprimulgus borneensis, Wall, in Salvad. Ucc. Borneo, p. 117 (1874) ; 

 Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 101 (note). 



Adult male. Above deep blackish brown with rufous-brown 

 spots and very pale margins to some of the scapulars ; centre pair 

 of tail-feathers like the back, with interrupted bars of rufous-brown ; 

 primaries entirely deep brown, without any spots ; throat and breast 

 deep brown, with rufous-brown bars and a very large white spot 

 on the throat ; abdomen deep chocolate-brown, with broad whitish- 

 buff bars : outermost rectrices uniform deep brown, tip of the inner 

 web largely white ; the next pair of tail-feathers with both webs 

 white at the end. Total length about 9 inches, wing 6-4, tail 6, 

 tarsus 0-o5, feathered in front. 



Adult female. Tail-feathers without large white terminal spot, 

 only with a narrow and indistinct subtcrminal whitish band. 



This species in its coloration almost resembles the smaller species 

 of Li/iicornis. 



Hah. Borneo and Billiton. 



a,b.S2 ^d. sk. Bnmei, Borneo. Gov. Ussher [C.j. 



c, d, e. (5 2 ad. Banjermassiug (/. Wallace Coll. 



sk. Motley). (Ty^es of C. borneensis.) 



f. 2 ad. sk. I. of Billiton, June. Dr. Vorderman [P.]. 



41. Caprimalgus enarratus. 



Caprimulgus enarratus, Gray, Ann. ^ij- May. Nat. Hist. 1871, p. 428; 

 ii/iarpe, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 807 ; Hartl. Toy. Madayascar, p. 65 

 (1877) ; Milne-Edio. (^' Grandid. Hist. Nat. Madayascar, Ois. i. 

 p. 213, pi. Ixxix. (1879) ; Sibree, Ibis, 1891, pp. 216, 226. 



Adult. Top of the head and cheeks lilac-greyish, the former with 

 a series of round spots of deep brownish black, each spot narrowly 

 margined with dark rufous ; occiput with a narrow band of 

 buff, reaching from one ear-covert to the other ; nape and upper 

 back foxy rufous, the basal part of the feathers dark slate-colour ; 

 rump like the top of the head but darker, with some pointed spots 

 on the feathers : upper tail-coverts chestnut, with irregular blackish 

 bars ; scapulars deep velvety black, the outer webs of a uniform 

 buff, the inner webs margined deep rufous ; tail duskj- black, 

 irregularly barred with rufous ; the central pair of rectrices rufous, 

 with narrow irregular blackish bars ; the two outermost feathers 

 tipped with white ; primaries dusky black, the outer webs spotted 

 with pale chestnut, the inner webs without anj- marks ; secondaries 

 deep brown, irregularly banded with rufous ; wing-coverts dusky, 

 each feather marked at the end with a blackish spot, margined with 

 buff or rufous ; throat rufous-bufif; upper breast brightly coloured, 

 but similar to the back ; abdomen brownish buff, barred with 

 fuscous. Total length about 10 inches, wing 5'7, tail 4-4, tarsus 0-7, 

 feathered. 



Some specimens are conspicuously paler than others. 



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